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In 1975, the United States signed an International treaty that prohibited the disposal of chemical weapons in the oceans. Only recently has the Army admitted to secretly dumping at least 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the sea, along with over 400,000 chemical filled bombs, land mines, and rockets, as well as more than 500 tons of extremely radioactive waste, all of which was either thrown directly into the ocean or packed into the holds of retired warships and scuttled.
The vast majority of the incidents are either undocumented or unverifiable, many reports based solely on first-hand accounts from those that did the dumping.
One of the actual government reports that managed to find the light of day is particularly alarming: two ships full of the most potent of all nerve gases, “VX,” sank in 6,000 feet of water barely a couple miles off the coast of Atlantic City. This was part of “Operation CHASE”, Pentagon shorthand for “Cut Holes and Sink ‘Em.” In an effort to mollify the environmental damage, the Navy put the nerve gas in rockets with the munitions removed to make room for VX. They encased these rockets in concrete and placed them in the ships before sinking them. The only problem with this plan was that the rockets still contained the jet fuel used to propel them, and this fuel had a tendency to auto-ignite, or spontaneously explode, under pressure. Sure enough, on its way to the 7,800-foot bottom, a chain reaction clusterfuck took place when water pressure caused one of the weapons fuel to explode, initiating the rest to detonate. Scientists concluded that the toxins released will seriously contaminate Atlantic Ocean sea life and its consumers for at least the next few hundred years.
Also documented: a 1944 disaster where at least 16,000 mustard-filled 100-pound bombs unloaded off Hawaii in deep water only 5 miles from the shore, poisoned a vast expanse of one of the most fertile underwater space known to man. Also, Near Braithwaite, La., several mustard gas bombs fell into the Mississippi River and are still missing. Yet another case reported in 1946, in which 124 leaking German mustard gas bombs dumped into the Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi’s Horn Island from a barge that returned to port only a few hours later. That area is now part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and is a popular vacation and fishing destination.
Bottom feeding fish are likely to be heavily contaminated and therefore pass the chemicals up the food chain, becoming increasingly concentrated at each level during a well-known process call bio-magnification.
People exposed to a small amount of chemical weapons via inhalation, sub-coetaneous absorption, or ingestion of contaminated foods will experience some or all of the following symptoms: rapid breathing, restlessness, dizziness, weakness, headache, nausea, vomiting, and rapid heart rate. Note that these are also common symptoms of “food poisoning,” often brought on after eating bad seafood.

Central nervous system signs and symptoms:

• Miosis (unilateral or bilateral)
• Headache
• Restlessness
• Convulsions
• Loss of consciousness
• Coma

Respiratory signs and symptoms:

• Rhinorrhea (perfuse watery runny nose)
• Bronchorrhea (excessive bronchial secretions)
• Wheezing
• Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
• Chest tightness
• Hyperpnea (increased respiratory rate/depth) – early (increased respiratory rate/depth)
• Bradypnea (decreased respiratory rate) – late (decreased respiratory rate)

Cardiovascular:

• Tachycardia (increased heart rate) – early (increased heart rate)
• Hypertension (high blood pressure) – early (high blood pressure)
• Bradycardia (decreased heart rate) – late (decreased heart rate)
• Hypotension (low blood pressure) – late (low blood pressure)
• Arrhythmias Dysrhythmias (prolonged QT on EKG, ventricular tachycardia)

Gastrointestinal:

• Abdominal pain
• Nausea & and vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Urinary incontinence, frequency

Musculoskeletal:

• Weakness (may progress to paralysis)
• Fasciculations (local or generalized)

Skin and mucous membrane:

• Profuse sweating (local or generalized)
• Lacrimation (tear formation)
• Conjunctivitis